
一、完成下列句子;
1.With annual rainfall close to zero, Antarctica is technically a desert.
1). in their pronunciation, they started from the beginning. (有这么多学生语音弱)
He sat there with his eyes ________(fix) on the sky.
He sat there with his hand ________ (point) at me.
He went to the classroom with a lot of homework _____.
2. Covering about 14 million square kilometers around the South Pole, it is the fifth largest continent in the world.
划线部分作何成分?
Is it the third longest river in the world?
形容词最高级前面还可有其他的成分。
It was by far the best university I have visited.
It was of the very highest quality.
3. On average it is two kilometers thick, but in some places it reaches a depth of five kilometers.
词组two kilometers thick,形容词thick 增加了修饰成分 two kilometers。例如:
The rope is two meters long.
The well is 12 meters deep.
但是注意下面情况:
It is a 12-meter-long rope.
The 12-meter-deep well is the deepest one in our village.
4. As a result, it has become a window on the past, and can give researchers lots of useful information.
5. But the long Antarctic winter night, which lasts for 182 days (the longest period of continuous darkness on the earth ) as well as the extreme cold and lack of rainfall, means that few types of plants can survive there.
分析句子结构:整个句子的主语是 谓语动词是
The students finished the work by themselves, which was encouraging.
He changed his mind, (这使我们都很生气).
few 表示很少,几乎没有。翻译以下句子:
He is among the few people I can trust.
Very few people can afford to pay those prices.
Few of the children can read or write yet.
6. Gases and minerals, in the form of volcanic dust trapped in the ice, can tell us a lot about what the world’s climate was like in past ages.
The main staircase was in the form of a big “S” .
People are bombarded with information in the form of magazines and TV advertising.
7. Not until the late 18th century did the British explorer James Cook cross the Antarctic Circle, but he never saw land.
他一直工作到他妻子回来。He kept working
=He didn’t stop working until his wife came back.
Not until
It was _______________________ that ____________________.
8. In 1961, a treaty signed by 12 countries, including Britain, France, and the USA, made Antarctica the world’s biggest nature reserve.
1.)signed by 12 countries是过去分词作 将这个短语变成从句 。
二、重点单词应用:
state
The building was in a bad state.
The Prime Minister stated that he would visit Canada the next year.
Trap
She was trapped in the burning house.
I knew perfectly well it was a trap.
________in loveless marriages,many women feel that life is colorless.
A.To trap B.Trapping C.Trapped D.To be trapped
privilege
I hope to have the privilege of working with them again.
It was a privilege to hear her sing.
It’s a great ________to know you,a world famous physics scientist.
A.precaution B.privilege C.privacy D.prescription
Set foot on
Nobody has ever set foot on the lonely island.
I told him never to set foot in/on my house again.
set about(doing sth.)
set out to do sth.
set off
set aside/apart
set up
Norwegian called Carstens Borchgrevink became the first man to________the Antarctic mainland.
A.set forth B.set up C.set foot on D.set off
Come into sight
We’ll fire as soon as the enemy come into sight.
1)at (the) sight of
2)out of sight
3)catch sight of
2008年天津卷)At the railway station,the mother waved goodbye to her daughter until the train was________.
A.out of sight B.out of reach C.out of order D.out of place
In case of
We won’t go there tomorrow.
如果明天下雨,我们就不去那里了。
You had better take your umbrella it rains.
你最好带把雨伞,以防天下雨。
In no case will we use nuclear weapons first.
If you come late again,you will be fired. In that case,you will be helpless.
.—I’m afraid Mr Wood can’t see you until 4 o’clock.
—Oh,________I won’t wait.
A.no doubt B.in any case C.in that case D.in this way
Free from 不受… 影响的;没有…的
I used to live in a small village pollution.我过去住在一个远离污染的小村里。
Stand out
They were all attractive, but she stood out from the others.
These bright letters well from a dark background.
A.put out B.stood out C.hold out D.take out
三、翻译句子:
He flew to New York via Hong Kong.
I can’t give you the book; I’ve promised it Susan.
We hope the bad weather won’t discourage people from coming along.
阅读:(09·四川B篇)
July 21st. 2007 was a typical English summer’s day — it rained for 24 hours ! As usual, I rushed home from work at midday to check on the house. Nothing was amiss. By the time I left work at 5pm. However, the road into our village was flooded. Our house had never been flooded but, as I opened the front door. a wave of waters greeted me. Thank God the kids weren’t wish me, because the house was 5 feet deep in water. We lost everything downstairs. And the plaster had to be torn off the wall’s ceilings pulled down.
At first we tried to push on through. We didn’t want to move the children out of home. so we camped upstairs. We put a sheet of plastic across the floor to protect us from the damp. But after three months, we felt very sick, so we move to a wooden house in a park. The house was small. but at first we were all just delighted to be in a new place. Unfortunately, things took longer than expected and we were there for 10 months. The life there was inconvenient. What surprised me most was how much I missed being part of a community(社区). We had lived in a friendly village with good neighbors, and I’d never thought how much I,I’d miss that.
Although our situation was very bad, it’s difficult to feel too sorry for yourself when you look at what’s happening elsewhere. I watched a news report about floods in Northern India and thought. “We didn’t have a straw hut(茅草房)that was for Christmas. But I can’t wait — I’m going to throw a party for our friends in the village to say thanks for their support. This year, I won’t need any gifts — living away from home for months has made me realize how little we actually need or miss all our possessions. Although we are replacing things, there’s really no rush — we have our home back. and that’s the main thing.
45. What does the underlined word “amiss” in the first paragraph mean ?
A. Wrong. B. Missing. C. Right. D. Found
46. It can be inferred from the text that the author .
A. was sick of staying upstairs
B. cared much about her children
C. could not stand living in a wooden house
D.did not deal well with her family affairs during the flood
47. Why does the author say that they were lucky in the third paragraph ?
A. Because her situation was not serious.
B. Because many other paces were flooded.
C. Because she had been to Northern India.
D. Because some others suffered even more.
48. What does the author mainly want to express by telling her story?
A. She valued human feelings more than before.
B. She realized she almost didn’t need possession.
C. She found Christmas gifts no longer badly needed.
D. She thought her own home was the most important.
